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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "koom" (as in "cool") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To elevate someone to a position of power or prestige, usually through connections or influence. In Colombia it describes the act of using your network to boost another person's career or status.
“He lifted him up in the company and now that guy owes his entire career to him.”
“People put you up there and over time you forgot where you came from.”
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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "koom" (as in "cool") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To elevate someone to a position of power or prestige, usually through connections or influence. In Colombia it describes the act of using your network to boost another person's career or status.
“He lifted him up in the company and now that guy owes his entire career to him.”
“People put you up there and over time you forgot where you came from.”
It is what it is
A phrase of calm resignation used across Spanish-speaking countries to accept something bad that cannot be changed and move on without overthinking it. Borrowed directly from English.